I made the following statement at the press briefing on 15th April. I’d like to start with a very big thank you to a number of our health and care family who haven’t been mentioned that much during this crisis but who have had an incredibly important role to play…
I made the following statement at the press briefing on 7th April. As Gavin has said, we need to continue with lockdown until 23:59 on Saturday 18th April, in order that we get a better idea where things are going. However, it is apparent that, aside from the clusters in…
This is what I said at the press briefing on 1st April. Just following up on what Gavin, said, I’d like to thank everyone who has sent us such kind messages of support. They really are appreciated. It’s been an intense and surreal few weeks and those messages have really…
This is what I said at the press briefing on 30th March. Now I am going to start with a few positive points. Firstly, we have stopped charging for all Emergency Department appointments for anyone presenting with COVID-19 symptoms. No one must be prevented from getting the treatment they need…
The statement I made at this press briefing followed an intense few hours and days as we considered the evidence with regard to what was happening with the spread of COVID-19. It was clear that we could not rely on the testing from the UK, that the fact we had…
This is what I said at the press briefing on 23rd March. At our last press conference on Friday we advised that we had an additional positive case. Since then, the number of positives have risen to 20. I can understand why people may feel anxious about this – a…
I made the following statement to the States’ Assembly on 18th March. The meeting had been moved to St James’ Concert Hall to enable social distancing. Sir Thank you for allowing me to give another update to the Assembly on the Bailiwick’s continuing response to the global coronavirus situation. Since…
This is what I said at the press briefing on 17th March. I think it is important that I repeat a couple of things that Gavin has just said – firstly that we have had 157 tests and still only just one positive result. We are not hiding anything and…
I made the following urgent statement to the States’ Assembly on 2 March 2020. Sir Firstly I would like to thank you for allowing me to give this update to the Assembly today regarding the Bailiwick’s response to the global coronavirus situation. The World Health Organisation declared a global health…